Apple TV 4K won’t Turn off Hisense

As per documentation the power button is for sleep/wake of the Apple TV (and the TV still relies on CEC for power on/off). So it comes back to the previous, which means the TV manufacturer has to fix. There was a recent issue with Sony TVs having similar symptom and once investigated they released a firmware update that included a fix.

Sleep or wake Apple TV - Apple Support

I also have this issue with my Hisense TV. Maybe the new Apple Remote presented yesterday should solve the issue with the new TV power button? I am also wondering if it will use IR to do this, or it will still do it through CEC... IR would be better, because it could also turn off my Pioneer amplifier, that does not have HDMI port.

That issue is with CEC and requires the manufacturer to fix. The new Apple TV will still use CEC (for automation), but the remote will also have a power button for manually turning off/on the Tv via IR.

I do not mean it as a universal remote, but there is no doubt that the new remote responds to the users like me, that only want to use one remote, and we want to use the Apple one. It is not like I want to control everything with the Apple remote, but following what Amazon did with the remote of the Fire TV, to be able to configure volume and on/off control with two devices. That would unify the experience with the Apple TV no matter what your TV set or audio system are.

I haven't seen anything to indicate that there is actual configuration with Amazon's remote for controlling those different devices, just that it has similar shortcuts on the remote. The previous Siri remote already had volume, which could control TV and other devices using IR. This is just adding the mute and power.

That being said the new Apple TV and remote are not out yet so we also can't really say for sure whether or not it will be able to do it, we'll have to wait and see.

I have a Fire TV Stick in my mother’s house where the remote turns on and off the TV and the sound bar, which is connected using optical cable. I do not know if the bar turns off because the TV turns off or it is the remote doing the job. I had to configure the brands of both the TV and the sound bar in the Fire TV config. Let us hope we can get at least the same thing from our preferred brand 🧑‍💻

Brendan,

Have you reviewed Control your TV or receiver with your Siri Remote or Apple TV Remote ?

It would be dependent on the CEC implementation on the TV. Check to see if there are any firmware updates, refer to the manual and contact the manufacturer if necessary.

That is a common symptom when there is an issue with the CEC implementation, please refer to my response above

It would be cool that this on/off button would turn on and off several devices, like the tv plus the amplifier, or the sound bar, and so on...

It isn't really meant to be a universal remote. The harmony remotes are one of the best for that type of functionality.

I am just checking now: the new Siri Remote 2021 does not turn off my Hisense TV. I will call Apple Support tomorrow… Bummer